A. Request. 3:1-2 Pray for the Message, Delivery of the Word. v.1 Pray for the Messengers, Deliverance from the Wicked.v.2 V.1 c) Course of the Word - Door Opened I. If the Word and message is to have free course into the heart of the city and of the people, there needs to be prayer. The Word is the power of God and our prayers is the funnel and the wire that directs it to the needed hearts. II. Paul experienced answered prayer through the Thessalonians, there the word sounded forth, it had a free course and were magnified. 1.Thess.1:8; 2.Tim.2:9 III. Paul asked several churches to pray for him. Rom.15:30-33; Eph.6:18-20; Col.4:2-4 V.2 d) Clearance from the Wicked - Deliver us from the Oppressors I. Now Paul asks for a free course for the Messengers of the Message, Many would like to Mess up the Message. II. Generally Paul wanted prayer for protection wherever he went, specific he may have meant the unbelieving Jews in Corinth, where he probably was staying during the writing of this epistle. Acts 18:5-6, 12-13